United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5597 (109th)
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render deportable all aliens convicted of a criminal offense resulting in a sentence of incarceration, and for other purposes.
Introduced
13 June 2006
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make all aliens sentenced to incarceration for a federal or state crime deportable; (2) provide for detention of all aliens who are sentenced to incarceration for a federal or state crime, and deportable on any ground; and (3) provide for expedited removal for all aliens sentenced to incarceration. Prohibits state or local use of federal funds to assist incarceration of criminal aliens unless the state or local unit: (1) for each conviction, provides the Secretary of Homeland Security with adequate information to determine such person's immigration status; and (2) for each person determined to be unlawfully present in the United States, transfers custody of such person to the Secretary by the date imprisonment ends, or the date of sentencing if imprisonment is not imposed.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 June 2006
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Introduced in House · EN · 13 June 2006
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 June 2006
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5597
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5597